“There appears to be a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications,” said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office. “And it appears to be widespread.”
Chesney said her office has had discussions with ACORN officials after local clerks reported the questionable applications to the state. Chesney said some of the applications are duplicates and some appear to be names that have been made up. The Secretary of State’s Office has turned over several of the applications to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Friday declined to confirm whether an investigation was taking place.
This is already going to be a very intense, very heated, and possibly very close election. I can only imagine what a few large-scale cases of voter fraud will add to the mix.
With the recent Russian-Georgian conflict and the U.S. pissing off Russia by reaching an agreement with Poland to put some missiles there many pundits started mentioning the advent of a new “Cold War”. Those two words do not conjure nice images or thoughts in my head.
I recall as a child in the 70’s and 80’s being incredibly fearful of nuclear war. Laying in bed at night hearing an airplane fly overhead found me squinting my eyes tight hoping the sound was indeed coming from an airplane and not a nuclear bomb. My parents should have never let me watch “The Day After” when it came on TV in 1983. The images in that movie are still with me today, however sensationalized some thought they were. The movie has a very interesting history, including being credited by the Reagan Administration for helping getting the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) signed with the Soviet Union in 1987.
Bob Barr appeared on CNN this evening with Lou Dobbs. Dobbs asked Barr about some of Dobbs’ own favorite topics including illegal immigration. Barr didn’t disappoint and continues to get major media interviews. What was especially pleasing is that Dobbs didn’t ask about the “spoiler” role. Enjoy it below.
Ron Paul and Ralph Nader had a sit down today with Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s The Situation Room regarding Paul’s big announcement today. As Wolf Blitzer says some may say they “are the ultimate odd couple.” I agree. When one half of Nader’s policies are in direct conflict with the other half I’m not sure he is any better than John McCain or Barack Obama. Ron Paul focuses on the areas of agreement and pushes forward even at the risk of his own party shunning him even more than they already have. Perhaps he feels he has nothing to lose at this point. Watch them discuss it below.
Although Ron flounders a little at the end there, he pretty much sums it up in a way that I think a lot of us have never fully considered: 16% of the country votes for one candidate, and the rest of us, the true majority, are all left feeling like “the minority”. Footage below, including what we can and need to do about it:
Ron Paul sits down with Tavis Smiley for about 6 minutes the day after his Rally For The Republic. Smiley was the moderator of the PBS debate in Baltimore, MD during the primary campaign last year. Paul is asked if he had advice for McCain to attract the young people. Paul replies, “He’d have to change his philosophy”. We all know that isn’t going to happen. Check out the interview below.
Ron Paul will make his second appearance on The Colbert Report this evening. The other guest is going to be Adam Brickley of the “Draft Sarah Palin For VP” blog. That is an interesting duo indeed. Of course they won’t appear together.
Hopefully, Colbert talks to Ron Paul more than a minute or two. I always find his interviews way too short. I expect I will be wanting more when it ends this time as well.
Tune in tonight at 11:30pm Eastern and see Ron Paul recruit more patriots to his Campaign For Liberty. Maybe he’ll tell a few jokes too.
Neil Cavuto had a fantastic interview with Ron Paul today, in which they both discussed the election itself, as well as the policies and ideas of Ron Paul, and even the GOP’s utter shock when this “fringe” candidate ended up being a true force to contend with.
In at least two spots, Neil perfectly sums up the stance of Ron Paul and the Revolution, paraphrasing “Look, you guys [GOP, McCain, etc.] are the ones who abandoned the party, not me. I’m going back to what our roots are.”
Although it’s only been a few short days since the announcement that Sarah Palin will be John McCain’s running-mate, those few days have been interesting ones, indeed.Regardless of your choice of party or candidate, Mrs. Palin’s candidacy has evoked strong responses across the board.And I am sure there is much more to come.
In an effort to respond to recent criticisms of Palin, and also draw sympathy from Democratic Hillary supporters, McCain promptly marched out his original choice for a Republican “answer to Hillary” herself, Carly Fiorina.
“I am appalled by the Obama campaign’s attempts to belittle Governor Sarah Palin’s experience”, Carly Fiorina said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The facts are that Sarah Palin has made more executive decisions as a mayor and governor than Barack Obama has made in his life.”
Well, Carly, speaking of “executive decisions”, we need not mention that a string of successive and significantly devious executive decisions of your own directly lead to the downfall of several great companies, and the financial ruin of many American families.
Quite frankly, Carly, I, myself, am appalled that a “newly-decided” Republican, such as yourself, is allowed to speak at the RNC, while a true conservative and long-standing Republican, Ron Paul, has been repeatedly denied the opportunity to speak, and essentially banned from the Convention altogether (please see previous posts regarding both the Ron Paul Rally, as well as the mixed messages surrounding Ron Paul’s potential admission into the RNC via “escort only”.)
I am more than slightly concerned that a corrupt former executive is becoming a face for the Republican Party, while a phenomenally successful Presidential Candidate, one who preaches fiscal conservatism and responsibility; one who glistens with integrity and honor, is not only shut out by the media, but also by his own party.
As far as “Sarah Plain ‘N Tall” herself goes, don’t sweat it. If it doesn’t even occur to The McCain Team to perform due diligence step number one, look for potential skeletons and scandals, then there isn’t really much hope that McCain could possibly be a good leader.
Liberty Maven
